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South Pavilion arch group, located in Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province xianxi Town Pavilion in the village of straight streets. Arch group of the original seven, the existing five, Jie Zuo northward. Five arches along the main streets of the South Tower Village, word order, length of 150 meters. Keeping more of the early practices, with a significant local architectural style of southern Zhejiang. Archway stood Ming Zhengtong to Jiajing, 7 meters high around Miankuo 5.57 meters into the depth of 4 meters. The situation is better now to save the surrounding historical environment without major changes. Five arch shape, the structure similar. Hybrid structures are wood and stone, single-bay on the third floor hanging mountain style, with six columns into the deep distraction. More robust timber, to close points, side legs, raised both obvious. At the same time there shaped Dougong, shaped beams, and the roof flat insert such as arch-made. Large-scale group of the South Tower archway, shape integrity is a rare example of Ming Dynasty archway. While maintaining a number of official practice, there are strong local style. Constructed deep in the column to stabilize the whole building, space to disclose in order to reduce the load, have a high scientific value. Five hundred years elapsed between the construction of arches, detail of the changes reflect the evolution of the local style, with high artistic value.